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Hi! As a newly diagnosed type II diabetic and feeling somewhat overwhelmed I was lucky enough to find David Mendosa's website and thus jumped to yours from his.

I was wondering if you could post which of your books would be most helpful to someone who is most interested in controlling blood glucose levels and learning how to eat and cook recipes that are low GI/GL. I got your book "Low GI Guide to Diabetes" to start and "Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2006" but am not sure where to go from there and since I am also a student on a somewhat limited budget I want to make the best choices I can while still getting the best info I can. If you can recommend specific titles of your books - could you also tell me which of your books is best going to help me with menu planning and food cooking/prep/choices? Thanks SO much!

As you are a student on a limited budget, we'd recommend starting with Low GI Eating Made Easy. It is very practical and covers the basics of low GI eating along with some menu ideas and meal suggestions. You may find this is all you need and you can use it to adapt your own favourite recipes by replacing high GI ingredients with low GI alternatives. It has chapters that cover:

- Simple steps to developing good eating habits.- Menus for low GI breakfasts, lunches and dinners -- along with desserts, information on snacks and what to drink.- Recommendations for eating out.- A comprehensive shopping guide.- How to substitute high GI foods with low GI alternatives.

The second part of the book covers the top 100 low GI foods along with serving suggestions and recipes.

The tables at the back are set out to help you shop for carb quality and the foods are rated as being "everyday foods", "everyday caution with portion foods" (the ones that could have a high GL if you overload your plate), "occasional foods" and "keep for a treat foods".

If you want a cookbook with photos of the recipes, look out for a copy of The Low GI Diet Cookbook.

More information on all of the books are listed by geographical area under "GI Books" at glycemicindex.com.